I’m back and thawed out from today’s lunchtime harvest at the East Building garden. It’s a bit chilly outside! We had a bumper harvest of carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, rocket and lettuce, enough to split between seven carrier bags, one for … Continue reading →

Spotted yesterday on the tomatoes that are flourishing on the Shaw Library balcony! Four tomatoes have now been successfully transplanted to St Clements Roof Garden this week as well. We look forward to a bumper harvest!

The beds were prepared, all we needed were some willing volunteers and some seeds to take root. The team met and got to work planting seeds in rows as well as establishing a tomato plant. All given a good water … Continue reading →

So far the pattern of summer has been a few days of sunshine followed by many more of rain. It is still warm and humid, but overcast. Nevermind, we have flowers in the Shaw Library garden. And when rain gives … Continue reading →

I popped up to the roof garden for the first time in a while at the end of last week to take a quick look at how it lay. The Shaw Library itself has been packed to the rafters with … Continue reading →

Just a quick post after our lunchtime meeting at the Shaw library garden. Fingers crossed our planters are on their way but more exciting is the garlic harvest! Shaw library team go pick yourself a juicy bulb